User manual ALAN MIDLAND G8

[. . . ] The Midland G8 is a portable transceiver that is free use in almost all European countries. For further information, we suggest you look at the "Restrictions on the use" chart. batteries and battery compartment The transceiver accepts the supplied rechargeable battery pack or 4AAA alkaline/ rechargeable batteries. To open the battery compartment: with the back of the radio facing you, unhook the battery holder in the lower part of the radio and gently slide the cover. [. . . ] > Press the MENU button till the display shows CTC and the CTCSS tone blinks on the right ("of"= no code ­ default condition). > Select the desired CTCSS tone by pushing . > To confirm the setting, push PTT or wait for 5 seconds. Deactivating the CTCSS tones: If you don't want to use the CTCSS tones, follow these steps: > Select the desired channel > Press the MENU key till the display shows the CTCSS tone blinking on the left; > Select "of" by means of . > Push the MENU button again till the display shows DCS and the tone code blinks on the right ("of"=no code ­ default condition). Channel P8 with DCS tone 50 (P850) has been set at factory for the "Emergency" function; do not use it for general communications!23 23 22 Midland G8 can automatiCALLy search for signals throughout the bands by scanning 24 16 24 the channels 23 rapid sequence. This function is useful to find out any active channel. To stop it, push PTT: the Midland G8 15 will go back to the channel from which the scanning originally started. You can activate the scanning feature only if the "Emergency" function is disabled. The following features can be selected by using the "MENU" button: > Channel selection > CTCSS tone setting > DCS tone setting > High/low power selection (only in the PMR446 band) > VOX > VibraCALL function > CALL melodies > Roger Beep > Keypad Beep > Emergency channel > Dual Watch function > Out of Range > Press the MENU key till the display shows the channel in use and the DCS code blinks on the right. To select the CALL tones: Press MENU, until the display shows "CA" and the active tone code. By pushing you will hear the 5 pre-set melodies. To select the power level, press the MENU button till the display shows Pr. use to select L (low power) or H (high power). To confirm your selection, push PTT or wait for 5 seconds. When the batteries are fully charged, the high power is 500 mW (ERP), while the low is 10mW (ERP). If your radio has to operate within a short range, you can select the low power and therefore extend the battery life. Midland G8 enables hands free conversations through the VOX function: just speak in the direction of the microphone and the communication will be automatiCALLy activated. The VOX sensitivity can be adjusted in 3 different levels. You can enable the VOX function with or without accessories. 4 6 The fourth level activated is the Vox TalkBack: if 8 7 radio is continuously transmitting one in VOX, the VOX TB will automatiCALLy stop the transmission after 20 seconds to allow the transmission to the other users as well. [. . . ] select the second channel to monitor by pushing . To confirm your selection, press PTT or wait for 5 seconds. The display will alternately show the channel in use and the second channel to monitor. to stop the function , simply press MENU. [. . . ]